Walking toy



J. A. EKELUND. WALKING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1919.

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WALKING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1919.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.,

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JOHN A. EKEL'UND, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WALKING- TOY.

Application filed November 8, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I J OHN A. EKELUND, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepm and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Walk ng Toys; and I do hereby declare the followlng to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to mechanical toys and particularly to that type of toy wherein a toy vehicle is connected to a toy figure representing an animal or a person, and wherein the animal or person imitates the walking action and produces certain other movements that makes the toy interesting.

Generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a View chiefly in side elevation, some parts in vertical section showing one form of the toy;

Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation illustrata modified form of the toy;

*ig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating another modification of the toy; and

Fig. 4c is a view partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section taken approximately on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 3.

Referring first to the figure illustrated in Fig. 1, the numeral 5 indicates the wheels and the numeral 6 the body of a toy cart and the numeral 7 indicates a toy figure representing a man seated in the cart. The cart body 6 is preferably of pressed sheet metal and, at its front end, is provided with coupling ears 8, through which a small nutequipped bolt 9 is passed, for a purpose which will presently appear.

The numeral 10 indicates the body, preferably a pressed sheet metal body, which is made to represent the body of an ox, the same being open at its lower edge. The legs of this toyanimal are afforded by front and rear leg wheels or structures 11, the same being wheel-like structures 9* having a plurality of radially projecting legs. These Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec, 28, Serial No. 336,618.

leg structures 11 work uaward within the body 10 and are journals thereto by small nut-equipped bolts 12. The projection of the legs below the body is such that two thereof can always be seen and so that on the forward movement there is a good imitation of the walking action.

To the rear of the toy body 10, is intermediately pivoted a lever 13, the projecting portion of which is made to represent the tail of the OK. The lower portion of said tail lever 13 works within the hollow body 10 and is pivotally connected to the upper end of a link 1-1:, which, at its lower end, terminates in an eccentric strap 15. This eccentric strap 15 surrounds the intermediate portion of the rear journal bolt 12 and the said rear leg structure is provided with an eccentrically located crank pin 16, which, under rotation of the rear leg structure, operates on the eccentric strap 15 to produce a vertical movement of the link 14, and hence a vibratory movement of the lever 13.

For coupling the toy or to the toy cart, I provide a drawbar 17, the rear end of which is attached to the coupling lugs 8 of the cart body 6 by the bolt 9. This drawbar is bifurcated so that it will embrace the sides of the 0X body and its front end is pivoted thereto by a bolt or screw 18. This toy, illustrated in Fig. 1, so far as my invention is concerned, may be drawn by a string attached thereto or the cart 6 may be a spring motor propelled cart.

In Fig. 2, the numeral 19 indicates a cart which, so far as this invention is concerned, may be of any design, but is, at its front end, provided wih coupling lugs 8 which correspond to the coupling lugs 8 of the cart 6.

The numeral 20 indicates a hollow pressed metal, or otherwise constructed body representing a woman. This body 20 is provided with a leg structure 1.1 made like the leg structures 11 and arranged to work in the lower portion of the hollow body 20 and journaled thereto by a bolt or screw 21. By substantially the same means, illustrated in Fig. 1, and by identically the same structure illustrated in Figs. 3 and l, the wheel structure 11 will operate to vibrate a pivoted arm 22 on the body 20. This arm 22, as shown, carries a toy umbrella 28. One side of the body 20 has an offset loop 24, through which a drawbar 25 is slidably passed under link-like plate 32.

friction. The rear end of this drawbar is detachably connected to the coupling-lugs 8 by a nut-equipped bolt 26.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the numeral 27 indicates a hollow body, preferably of pressed metal,

which represents the body of a man, and is.

provided with apivoted arm 28 that holds a depending cane 29. The leg structure here shown is the same as that illustrated in Fig. 2 and is indicated by the character 11". It is pivoted to the body 27 by a bolt 30 and carries a crank pin 31 that operates 011 an eccentric strap 15 at the lower end of a At its upper end, the plate 32 is provided with an offset ear 33 that works in a slot 34 in one side ofthe body .27 and upon which the pivoted arm 28 loosely rests. Obviously, when the toy, shown in Figs. and a, is caused to move, the leg structure will rotate and the crank 7 pin 31, operating on the eccentric strap 15 7 will reciprocate the link plate 32 with the result that the pivoted arm 28 and'cane 29 will be vibrated. The same construction will cause the pivoted arm 22 and coupling 23 of the toy shown in Fig. 2 to vibrate vertically, when the toy moves forward.

It is evident that either the toy figure, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or the toy figure, shown inFig. 2, may be substituted for the OX shown in Fig. l and coupled tothe cart shown in Fig. 1, or conversely, that the toy OX, shown in Fig. 1, may be coupled to the cart, shown in Fig. 2. This, of course, may

be possible by the fact that any of the drawbars shown can be coupled to the lugs on the cart by the small nut-equipped bolt. In all of the toys shown, the body, representing the animal or the man or the woman, has .moving parts which are vibrated or reciprocated when the toy is drawnor moved fore-*ard and this will add to childrens interest in the toy.

It should be noted that the hole in the eccentric strap 15 does not fit the crank pin 16 but is large enough to embrace said crank pin and the pivot bolt or pin 12 in all positions of the crank pin. Under rotation of the large elements 11, therefore, a heavy crank motion is not produced but there will be a wabbling, jerking movement of the tail lever 13 which willmore closely approximate the natural movements of. an oxs tail.

What- Iclaim is: V

The combination with a toy body representing an OX, of pair of multiple leg wheels arrangedlongitudinally of the same and pivotally connected to said body by pivot bolts passing. therethrough and through said body, a crank pin carried by the rear one of saidleg wheels and disposed, with-in'said body, an. eccentric strap having an opening therein loosely embracing the crank and the pivot bolt of the rear leg wheel, a tail forming lever having one end pivotally connected to theend of the eccentric strap and pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the rear portion of said body and having its other end projecting exteriorly and upwardly therefrom, members pivoted to the sides of said body and extending longitudinally rearwardly there-- of and a wheel structure pivotally connected to said members.

In testimony whereof I affix-my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. EKELUND. lVitnes'ses :Eva E. Kome, HARRY D. KILcoRE. 

